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Why Organic?

A GMO Comparision
There are GMOs hidden in most packaged food. Take a look at the ingredients in Kid Cuisine’s Mac & Cheese. Everything highlighted probably comes from GMO crops. To read more about what GMOs are, click here.

Kid Cuisine’s Mac & Cheese

Kid CuisineINGREDIENTS: MACARONI AND CHEESE: ELBOW MACARONI (DURUM SEMOLINA ENRICHED WITH [NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE {IRON}, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], EGG WHITES), WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), DRIED SWEET WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DRIED SWEET CREAM (SWEET CREAM, NONFAT MILK, SODIUM CASEINATE), WHEAT FLOUR, CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR: DEHYDRATED CHEESES (GRANULAR AND BLUE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LACTOSE, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW #5 AND #6), BUTTER (SWEET CREAM, SALT), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ACETIC ACID ESTERS OF MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES WITH MALTODEXTRIN, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, FLAVORING (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR), CITRIC ACID, BETA CAROTENE (CORN OIL, BETA CAROTENE).
CORN WITH WATER, SUGAR.
MIXED BERRY FRUIT FLAVORED ROLL: GRAPE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN SYRUP, PEARS FROM CONCENTRATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, CITRIC ACID, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, PECTIN, SODIUM CITRATE, CARRAGEENAN, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, MALIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, RED 40.
CHEESE SAUCE PACKET: WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES AND ANNATTO COLORING ADDED, IF COLORED), WHEY POWDER, SWEET CREAM (SWEET CREAM, NONFAT MILK, SODIUM CASEINATE), STARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CREAM, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID), BUTTER (SWEET CREAM, SALT), SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE (DIHYDRATE), PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (DEFLAVORED PAPRIKA OLEORESIN, REFINED SOYBEAN OIL AND PURIFIED ANNATTO), DATEM (MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES BLEND), CITRIC ACID.

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Amy's Mac & Cheese Kids Meal

Amy's Mac & Cheese
INGREDIENTS :
0G TRANS FAT • NO ADDED MSG • NO PRESERVATIVES ORGANIC MACARONI (ORGANIC SEMOLINA FLOUR, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER), ORGANIC LOWFAT MILK, FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC BROCCOLI, ORGANIC WHEAT AND WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC APPLES, CHEDDAR CHEESE, ORGANIC GRADE AA BUTTER, ORGANIC SWEET RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC TOMATO, ORGANIC EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, ORGANIC PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE, HONEY, ORGANIC APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, SEA SALT, ORGANIC CORNSTARCH, BAKING POWDER (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, CORNSTARCH), NONFAT DRY MILK, SOY LECITHIN POWDER, YEAST, SPICES*, ANNATTO. CONTAINS MILK, SOY AND WHEAT. *100 PURE HERBS & SPICES (NO HIDDEN INGREDIENTS)

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It has reached the point that unless the box says “No GMOs” or “organic”; you should assume that it contains GMOs. You should be careful of any product that contains soybeans, corn, or cotton. As of 2007 in the US 91 % of soybeans, 73 % of corn, and 87 percent of cotton crops were genetically modified.

 

Click the links below to learn more about GMO.

+ GMO Introduction
+ GMO Product Comparison
+ GMO Background


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